The Disney Frontier Blog

Description: A project on the portrayal of masculinity offered in Disney films

Description: After videoing the BIG boy we continued on our stroll and got to see four young gorillas walking through the woods. Two of them had been showing a little dominance towards each other.

Description: Zummi, Graffi and Grummi are imprisoned by this sorcerer, who is hellbent on obtaining Zummi's medallion so he can destroy the world. How cliche' is that? Was there one cartoon villain in the 80s who didn't have such conquests in mind? I defy anyone to tell me otherwise.

Description: Here we get a glimpse of Cyril's maniacal plot to conquer earth as he has designs on ruling the universe from a throne in terra firma. Of course, he lacks a star which hangs around Broo's neck, which is essential for his pernicious purposes. Thus, he has locked up all the animals on this peculiar planet except for the Raccoons who do all they can to protect Broo from this arrogant aardvark. Schaeffer meets them, and while he remembers them, they are in ignorance of him. The adventure ensues.

Description: Divergence from the Andersen original This film is based on the original story (by Hans Christian Andersen) but in a far more radical way than previous Disney productions such as Cinderella and Snow White, since the original story does not feature a romantic happy ending: rather than winning over the prince, the mermaid dies after throwing herself back into the ocean, dissolving into foam on the water but she happily learns that she had an immortal soul to begin with and that after a kind of Purgatory where she will spend her time as a wandering Spirit of the Air, she will then be in heaven with God. Changing the tale to conclude with a "they lived happily ever after" involved changing the basic philosophy underlying the Disney film from that of the Andersen original. The religious elements of the plot are entirely removed, there is no desire of the film's mermaid to gain an immortal soul, there is no related desire to attend religious ceremonies (unlike Andersen's mermaid) and much of the plot involving a rival convent religious girl (later revealed to be a princess) that the mermaid desires to be like, is removed. Andersen had strong Christian religious elements in many of his stories including The Snow Queen and The Little Match Girl, but this was removed from Disney's version. The original is essentially a tale without a dominant villain. The Little Mermaid is faced with an inherently unjust world, where her love for the Prince and her wish to gain an immortal soul have a chance only through terrible sacrifices, privations and risks. And the Mermaid ultimately fails, though Andersen presents her as amply deserving of the Prince's love and of gaining a soul (or, rather, demonstrating over and over again, by her courage, compassion and noble sacrifice, that she has a soul already). Unlike the film, the Sea Witch in the original tale is not a dominant villain, but rather a "technician" implementing the harsh rules of this universe. In the original story, an attack on the Witch - such as forms the climax of the film - would have been pointless, since the Witch as depicted by Andersen did not cause the Mermaid's dire predicament and had no power to resolve it. In the end the Sea Witch is revealed to be a misguided villain as the Mermaid already had a soul to begin with, and the story is really about how great trials in life and striving for a soul, can lead to eternal reward in the afterlife. All the above gives some grounds for people who assert that the Disney film should not be regarded as being a version of the Andersen tale, but rather as an independent creation sharing some plot points with it. Following the release of this film, many subsequent productions (whether live-action or animated) and children's book editions of The Little Mermaid include a modified happy ending. A lesser, though significant, difference is that Andersen chose to give none of his characters a name - they are "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Mermaid's Sisters", "The Sea Witch", "The Prince", "The Temple Girl" etc. Disney, to the contrary, bestowed on all characters a specific given name. The story also has strong similarities to the opera Rusalka, by Antonin Dvorak, possibly even more so than with the original Andersen tale, although this opera, like the Andersen tale, has a tragic ending. The Disney sequel, "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea", centering on the daughter of Ariel and Eric, obviously could not have been a sequel to the original Andersen story.

Description: This video was created for a psychology class project. The main point of this video is not to bash Disney, but merely to highlight the stereotypical gender-roles, the construction of femininity/masculinity, and the portrayal of dominant/single women in its animated feature films. It is obvious that Disney did not invent these stereotypes, but rather reinforces them in society. Media plays a huge role in socializing individuals. That is, conveying to males and females certain beliefs, values, and customs to live by. Disney was the main focus of this project because this socializing process starts at a very young age. Disney is at the pinnacle of the children's media industry. No other company has the influence or impact that this multinational conglomerate has.

Description: Since Spirit and Kron are both dominant alpha males, I thought it'd be fun to put those moments to this song! Sorry I haven't put anything out recently, I'm working on a couple of longer videos that require lots of time and footage, so it's taking me longer to put out videos. So here's a shorter video just cuz! Feel free to comment, but please don't say things like "hey, Spirit and Kron aren't anything like each other" because I know they aren't. =P I paired them because they are both alpha males, leaders of their herds, males who don't take "no" for an answer! Song: "Zulu" theme by John Barry. This is a fanmade video, not made for profit. Dreamworks owns Spirit and Disney owns Dinosaur.

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Description: BILL GATES opened CES with a clear statement of purpose, declaring that "All media will be software driven." Gates handed the stage over to Microsoft president of Entertainment & Devices Robbie Bach to describe the company's digital media initiatives. Bach announced that Xbox Live will gain content from MGM, Showtime, The Disney Channel and ABC. The service now has 3,500 hours of content available on-demand, which Bach said is twice the amount of any cable or satellite TV operator. Microsoft will also build interactive applications into its Mediaroom IPTV platform, partnering with Showtime, TNT and CNN. Viewers will be able to choose video angles during a Nascar race, experience interactive election coverage and more. Xbox will soon function as both a gaming device and a set-top box for British Telecom customers. Lastly, Microsoft will be partnering with NBC in a massive online video effort for this summer's Olympics. The companies will offer 3600 hours of Silverlight-driven Olympics coverage, including 30 simultaneous live feeds. Robbie Bach ended his presentation with a clear jab at Apple's TV efforts, which Steve Jobs has frequently called Apple's "hobby." Bach said "Building great connected TV experiences is not a hobby for Microsoft. This is something we take quite seriously." COMCAST announced that it will roll out the "tru2way" standardized cable platform for all markets by the end of 2008. Tru2way is the re-branded OpenCable platform, which will open up formerly closed, proprietary cable systems and allow interoperability with consumer devices. Cox will have "wide deployment" of tru2way this year and Time Warner is said to be even further along in adopting the new technology. At CES Comcast and Panasonic have unveiled new jointly-made devices based on the standard: the AnyPlay portable DVR and a plasma TV with a built-in set-top box. Both will work on any cable system supporting tru2way. WARNER BROS. stole some pre-CES attention by announcing that it will release future HD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray format. Pundits are calling this the end of the format wars, with a clear victory for Blu-ray. Shortly after the announcement the HD DVD group canceled its scheduled CES press conference. Executives resurfaced after a couple of days, proclaiming that HD DVD was performing well and would continue to fight for dominance. LG has announced "MPH" - a low-cost way for North American TV stations to broadcast their signals to cellphones and portable gadgets. Stations will need to install an inexpensive add-on for their digital transmitters to gain mobile broadcasting capabilities. Devices will require a reception chip to pickup the MPH signals. At CES the company unveiled prototype devices and announced that Nielsen is currently developing audio measurement technology for the MPH system. SONY BMG has decided to offer DRM-free digital downloads, becoming the last major label to do so. The label is expected to offer unprotected music on the Amazon MP3 service and to participate in a major Pepsi promotion during the Super Bowl that gives away one billion songs. In related news, Napster will also drop DRM and begin selling all downloads in the unprotected MP3 format. Read more at Media30.com

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